Robo-Tutors and Translating Megaphones: It's the Future of Language Learning

Click or tap here to read the full show notes (http://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/podcast-episode-74) In the News... Kazakhstan is going to change the official script of its language from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet by 2025 - we admire their SMART goal setting skills and discuss what could motivate a country to make such a big change. Main Topic: The Future of Language Learning What does the future hold for language learners? When a device translates what you say directly into another language, is there even a need to learn languages anymore? We discuss * Gadgets and stuff that translates our language into other languages * How AI has made language learning apps a lot more useful * Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality as learning aids * The good and bad sides of tech